Yuffie :10:

[viva_la_materia]

[She's been using up paper since before the clock struck midnight, with the scaly green headband tied around her arm just under the old scrap of Aeris' pink ribbon. She never wanted to play this stupid, rotten game--but she isn't in the WRO for nothing, and she helped evacuate Midgar when Meteor was coming down red and horrible, and she has had it

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[reasononthecurb]

[And here's Rossiu, looking at the list for a long time, deep in thought. He doesn't say anything for quite a while.]

If the traitor is aware of his or her identity, your plan might cause more harm than good.

[viva_la_materia]

[Yuffie nods.] I know, but...can you find a pattern? [She holds out another list, headed up with "Probable Traitor Deaths".] If they know who they are, they'd be picking their votes, right?

[reasononthecurb]

[He shakes his head firmly at that.] You're assuming too much. If the traitor knows who they are, then they must intend to survive to the end. In that position, I would want the deaths to appear as erratic as possible.

[He pauses for a moment, though, looking back to the list.] It's a matter of whether this plan is worth the risk. If the traitor is unaware, this vote could change everything.

[viva_la_materia]

[Yuffie nods.] But they voted with Legault. That's the one time they didn't go all random, remember? Konata hit Precis and the traitor hit Legault. So whoever they are, they want to help.

[geniustopher]

Man, how utterly stupid can you get? [Topher emphasized the word "stupid" and spat out the word "utterly"]

If this goes through and everyone follows you like pigs to the slaughter, everyone dies. Every single person. You, me, everyone the doctor doesn't save. Twenty-eight people all at once, and you're okay with that? [Topher is in disbelief - the girl has cracked like Humpty Dumpty] Me, I'm voting for who I believe the traitor is.

[viva_la_materia]

[Yuffie stares at him.] You really think everybody's gonna vote? [She lowers her voice.] Even I don't think everybody's gonna vote with this.

[geniustopher]

Well, it's your funeral... seriously, if I mentioned "free treatment" at work, every single Doll would crowd the hall to my office. Without a second thought.

Really, what this is going to accomplish is just wasting the votes of everyone who does vote with this, while those who don't vote will have their votes randomized, doubling up on several different names, and - oh, that's multiple deaths because nobody banded together. It's a good thing I know we're both innocent, or you might have earned my vote for this stunt.

[viva_la_materia]

Noo, that will be two deaths, stupid. A majority vote and a traitor vote, just like every other time, except this time we'll actually have a chance of guessing who made the traitor vote. The House doesn't do tie votes, didn't you read the rules? [She scornfully imitates the high-pitched balls' voices.] A minimum of one and a maximum of three...

I thought you were supposed to be a genius.

[never_sacrifice]

Um... I'm Lloyd Irving, and I know I'm not a traitor. I wrote Iceland down the first round, and he's still alive. I tried it the second time, too, with another name, and they lived. I can't remember who I wrote though...

[viva_la_materia]

[Yuffie nods.] Okay. Um... [Geez. And he's the guy who's supposed to vote for her. Now she feels kind of guilty--in a weird, backwards way, she'd feel better if he'd said he wasn't sure. It always feels better to be down in the trenches with everybody else.]

Well...vote for me anyway? 'Cause, I mean, you could still be part of the majority vote and...

...and I shouldn't try to skip that.

[gynophobe]

I'll speak on behalf of Van Grants and Estellise, as well as myself, Guy Cecil. We're all innocent.

[viva_la_materia]

Okay, but...can you still vote on the list? 'Cause if you're innocent, it won't hurt anybody anyway unless you hit a majority, and...and this way you get something to point to when you say you're innocent.

[thiswhiteroom]

[Saya looks over the list, tilting her head slightly.] So, I'm supposed to vote for...Shirogane, Naoto then?

[viva_la_materia]

Yeah. [Yuffie nods.] Do...d'you know if you're innocent? 'Cause there's been a change of plans.

[thiswhiteroom]

Mhm, my votes don't work so I have to go with what everyone else is voting.

[viva_la_materia]

So...you're innocent, then? [Yuffie is a bit puzzled by this phrasing.] Nobody's died that you voted for?